Brussels, 04 Apr 2006 Markos Kyprianou, European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection, has sent a letter to the biotechnology company Syngenta, requesting confirmation of the reliability...
Brussels, 04 Apr 2006 Lethargy, loss of appetite, tearfulness … some common symptoms of depression, an illness striking one in five people at one point in their lives. The EU-supported...
New science body 'wrong mechanism' The body representing Europe's universities has unanimously decided to oppose a new EU scientific research institution which risks "fragmenting" the wider...
Brussels, 03 Apr 2006 The European Commission has published a study on Europe's scientific publication system, which recommends, among other actions, ensuring published articles arising from EU-...
Geneva, 03 Apr 2006 Full text Under the chairmanship of Madame Ruth Dreifuss, former Swiss President and cabinet minister, the WHO Commission on Intellectual Property Rights, Innovation and Public...
Strike set to close colleges for a week Further education colleges could be closed for a week next month when lecturers strike over an "insulting" 1.5 per cent pay offer. Members of Natfhe have voted...
Brussels, 31 March 2006 Competition Directorate-General (COMP) - Publication of a vacancy for a Chief Competition Economist (Grade A*14) - Brussels - Post for a temporary agent pursuant to Article 2(...
Geneva, 31 March 2006 EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES - MEASURES AFFECTING THE APPROVAL AND MARKETING OF BIOTECH PRODUCTS Communication from the Chairman of the Panel Document number: WT/DS291/31 31 March 2006...
Brussels, 31 March 2006 The European Commission is today publishing a study which examines the scientific publication system in Europe. Scientific publication ensures that research results are made...
Brussels, 31 Mar 2006 Pharmaceuticals giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has begun clinical trials in Germany and Belgium of two 'pandemic vaccines' against the H5N1 strain of avian influenza in humans,...
Brussels, 31 Mar 2006 Drastic rises in the numbers of TB cases in Eastern Europe have caused alarm around the EU. Tuberculosis (TB) infects up to one-third of the world's population, and kills more...
Brussels, 31 Mar 2006 Full text of Document 5058/3/06 Revision 03 Suite of documents 5058/3/06 Procurement - adopted by the EU Defence Ministers in November 2005 - it had already NOTE from: General...
Paris, 31 Mar 2006 After its five-month, 400-million-kilometre journey inside our Solar System following its lift-off on 9 November 2005, ESA's Venus Express spacecraft will finally arrive on 11...
Brussels, 31 Mar 2006 Full text of Document 6956/06 Suite of documents 6956/06 Prev. doc. 6624/06 RECH 28 COMPET 25 No. Cion prop. 136/05 RECH 182 COMPET 198 Subject: Council Decision concerning the...
Brussels, 31 Mar 2006 Full text of Document 1249/06 1. Specific Programmes "Capacities" and "People" ­ Examination of Presidency proposals (working documents already distributed) 2. A.O.B. NB...